What songs of the 'modern' era would Mozart be proud to have written?

[Crackle]

Popular music of his time wasn't he. So probably the Spice Girls

 

[Kookas]

Popular music of his time wasn't he. So probably the Spice Girls

If it's about popularity, I think this would be more suitable:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[MontyVeda]

Writes music that is instantly attractive and memorable - no. I think you meant 'yes' there.
A master of all the forms of music of his day - no. That's another BIG yes.
Able to create everything from a 3-minute miniature to a 3-hour epic and imbue it with genius - no. Again, yes.
Stretches the boundaries in everything he does - no. Absolutely does.

I corrected your glaring mistakes for you there...

Well done paul b... srw has clearly only heard I Just Called To Say I Love You and Happy Birthday, and with that, thinks he/she/it knows what he/she/it is talking about. You don't have to like Stevie to know he pretty much is the musical genius of the common age. I like that frank zappa bloke too, and burt bacharach and many others... but almost all of those have seen a music score or at least been able to refer back to their notes... Stevie on the other hand has never had this advantage. Stevie can't even see the vast amount of instruments he can play. Everything Stevie does is through raw talent and memory.

 

[slowmotion]

Modern day Mozart? How about Prince? . I'm not sure I like his music either, BTW.

 

[srw]

Well done paul b... srw has clearly only heard I Just Called To Say I Love You and Happy Birthday, and with that, thinks he/she/it knows what he/she/it is talking about. You don't have to like Stevie to know he pretty much is the musical genius of the common age. I like that frank zappa bloke too, and burt bacharach and many others... but almost all of those have seen a music score or at least been able to refer back to their notes... Stevie on the other hand has never had this advantage. Stevie can't even see the vast amount of instruments he can play. Everything Stevie does is through raw talent and memory.

I think you might just have made one of my points for me.

[Edit] and I suspect your knowledge of Mozart is on a par with mine of the 3-minute pop song.

 

[srw]

Modern day Mozart? How about Prince? . I'm not sure I like his music either, BTW.

Sting perhaps? Interested in and respectful of the music of the past - and reworks and builds on it. Horrible voice and not as good as he thinks he is, though.

 

[MontyVeda]

I think you might just have made one of my points for me.

The fact that he's blind as well as brilliant doesn't detract from his brilliance.

What you're suggesting is comparable to claiming John Lennon wouldn't have been as successful/popular if he hadn't worn spectacles. In fact, talking of the Beatles, i'm not a big fan, but i can appreciate the genius in their writing and recording. I can accept they pushed some boundaries but am also aware they don't push my buttons. In fact i have been known to say they're sh!t.. but i know i don't really mean it.

 

[PaulB]

Whenever I've heard stuff by Stevie Wonder I've cringed - it's meretricious tosh. I've often wondered if he'd have been as popular as he is if he wasn't blind.

Mozart was a virtuoso on the keyboard, violin and flute before he was in his teens and also played viola. His singing voice was nothing special (but then neither is Wonder's). I've not noticed Stevie Wonder writing opera (a rock album is still a strung-together collection of songs, not a unified whole - and The Secret Life of Plants is less than an hour and a half) or writing serial music or minimalism (two of the main styles of today).

Popularity is no guarantee of quality. After all, the most popular single of last year was Gangnam Style. It'll be forgotten inside a couple of years.

I'm not knocking Mozart; he's an undoubted genius and wrote some sublime, heavenly music but we have to consider ourselves fortunate to share the planet with Stevie Wonder so it's a pity you can't extend the same courtesy.

You may think that claiming you cringe whenever you hear him but I don't believe you do. You're making that up to bolster your denial of a true and undoubted musical genius of today. Of course, Mozart's Svengali management company insisted he died when he did to prevent his declining abilities from ruining his stellar reputation. The things these management companies do; Vera Lynne's management created the second world war to promote her career.

 

[srw]

I extend the same courtesy to everyone - even you and Linford.

 

[PaulB]

I extend the same courtesy to everyone - even you and Linford.

No, I meant the same courtesy to Stevie Wonder. I don't go around knocking Wolfy. And I am offended you've put me on the same bus as that disorder.

 

[mark st1]

He would of been proud if this was his

 

[Psyklon]

Tubular Bells!!!

 

[JtB]

In response to the OP, nothing IMHO.

 

[User169]

Sting perhaps? Interested in and respectful of the music of the past - and reworks and builds on it. Horrible voice and not as good as he thinks he is, though.

 

[TheDoctor]

Not Smack my Bitch Up?

Dunno. Was Mozart well-known for doing drugs and picking people up in nightclubs?
I don't like SMBU as much as Firestarter, TBH. Brilliant video though